Moonta, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 34°04′00.3″S 137°35′20″E / 34.066750°S 137.58889°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1863 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,627 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5558 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 23.8 °C (74.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 9.8 °C (49.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 330.1 mm (13.00 in) | ||||||||||||
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Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 166 km (103 mi) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.